Tara Mental Hospital is understaffed with an absentee CEO
6 November 2019
The Tara Mental Hospital has 9 vacancies for day staff and is short of 19 out of 50 required night staff, but the CEO has been absent for 94 days this year.
This information is revealed by Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
Key vacancies include the Head of Clinical Department, 3 Professional Nurses, a Risk Manager, Clinical Training Coordinator and a Computer Operator.
Extra staff required for night duty are as follows: